Gaël Clichy talks about the Blues unbelievable form with 8 goals in 2 games.
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Manchester City continued their perfect start under Pep Guardiola as a ruthless 4-0 victory over Bournemouth gave them an eighth successive win and a piece of club history.
Their latest success, secured by goals from Kevin de Bruyne, Kelechi
Iheanacho, Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gundogan, ensured a
best ever start to a season for City, eclipsing the seven
straight wins they enjoyed to kick off the 1897/1898
campaign. Guardiola also became only the second manager to
start his career in the Premier League with five successive
wins, the other three in the record run coming in the
Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti previously did it twice
with Chelsea, with the six successive league victories the
Italian oversaw at the start of the 2009/10 laying the
foundation for winning the title. It's still early days to
predict a repeat for City under Guardiola, but the former
Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach couldn't have made a
better start to his time at the Etihad Stadium and his team
certainly has the look of potential champions. Set against
that, City also won their first five league games last
season before fading badly to finish fourth under Manuel
Pellegrini. But under Guardiola, this City team looks an
entirely different proposition -- even accounting for the
fact that much of the personnel that started against
Bournemouth were the same as last season. Gundogan, making
his full debut, and Manuel Nolito -- who was sent off late
on -- were the only two new outfield players to start, as
fellow summer signings Leroy Sane and John Stones both began
on the bench. Vincent Kompany was also named among the
substitutes for the first time this season following his
return from injury, but even without their club captain, or
the injured David Silva and suspended Sergio Aguero, City
were able to win as they pleased. Bournemouth had conceded
nine goals in two defeats to City last season and they must
have feared the worst when they went behind after 15 minutes
through De Bruyne's second goal of the season. England
international Jack Wilshere, starting only his second
Premier League game in over 12 months after joining
Bournemouth on loan from Arsenal, gave the ball away and
then fouled Gundogan in trying to retrieve possession.
Given a shooting opportunity from 25 yards, De Bruyne placed
his free-kick low under the defensive wall and beyond an
unsighted Artur Boruc into the bottom corner. And nine
minutes later the game was as good as over as City doubled
their advantage with a superb second goal on the break.
Defending a free-kick one moment, passes from Iheanacho,
Nolito, De Bruyne and Sterling exposed Bournemouth's
over-stretched defence and left Iheanacho to tap in his
third goal of the campaign. City were a joy to watch --
except for Bournemouth, whose only threats came when the
pace of Joshua King exposed Nicolas Otamendi and substitute
Callum Wilson hit the bar late on -- and three minutes after
the break it was 3-0 as Iheanacho returned the favour for
Sterling to finish from close range.
